In June, we tabled at Milwaukee PrideFest, connecting with the community and handing out information to festival goers. We also proudly participated in the Milwaukee Pride Parade.
This year was particularly special as ten years ago, LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites gained the freedom to marry when we won our landmark marriage equality case on June 6, 2014. It was essential to celebrate that win this year, as we saw a wave of state-sponsored attacks on trans people and the greater LGBTQ+ community at rates we haven’t seen in decades.
So far, in 2024, the ACLU is tracking 516 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures nationwide. The vast majority of these bills were targeted directly at the trans community, including trans youth and trans adults alike. Many of those bills were attempts to remove LGBTQ+ history from libraries and schools around the country. Learn more about why we say “Pride is Still Protest.”
This year, we also tabled at Kenosha Pride Fest in July and plan to attend the Madison festival in August.
For the ACLU of Wisconsin, Pride is year-round. We’ll never stop celebrating Pride and fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community!
